Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-08
THE WEST.


Denver & Rio Grande train near Salt Lake
Citv. Utah. recently. He also attempted
to XIII a lady and brakeman The iatcer
nrocnred a pistol and shot the maniac
dead.
THREE Sioux Indians confined in jail 81
GIendIye, Mont, recently attacked TWO VI
the white prisoners, inficting prooAoy
mortal VIC unds. Two OF the 1ndlans tnen
hanged themselves. The other trled 10
hutt his brains out, but was secured by the
vardens who were aroused by the buoouo.
THE old Western Base Ball League
threatens to assert its rights and demanu
protection against The new organization
that has taken its name.
OFFICIAL figures from the recent election
in Dakota, on the division OF the TERRITORY
show a majority of 1900 in favor OF dlvls-
ion.
TIE new high bridge for foot and wagon
travel over the Mississippi Mt Dubuque,
Iowa. was formally opened on the 29tn, q
large civic and military procession parad
ing the principal streets
AN incoming passenger train on the Gin
cinnati Northern railroad struck handcar
the other morning at Cincinnati on when
Chris Ebert and George ThIeslng, sectlon
men, were going north. Ebert was IN
stantIv killed and TEiesing was seriously
injured.
BY an exploding boiler in n. j. Curtice's
box factory at La Grange, o., recently.
Bird Johnson, the foreman, was killed and
another man seriously injured
CHARLES FREY, ex-warden OF the COOK
County (Ill.) infirmary, pleaded guilty on
the 18th to conspiracy to defraud the coun-
ty and was fined twenty-five cents.
A WATER boiler in the Kirby House at
Milwaukee, Wis, exploded the other morn
ing. killing one OF the dining room girls
and wounding several others.
THE trial of F. i. Harper, the defunct FL
deity Bank president, began at Cincinnati
on the 29th.
HENRY OvERsToLZ, ex-maynr OF St Louis
and president of the Fifth National Bank
of that city, which recently failed. died ON
the 18th. He was born in Westphalia July
4, 1922.
r. S. SMITH, editor OF the Redwood (Cal)
Times aud Gazette, was shot and fatally
wounded recently by DR.. b. Z. Powell.
The latter had been accused in the columns
of the paper of derrauding widow.
WILLIAM SHEKEL, of Chicago. the man
who ran clock which purported to give
the quotation OF gram and stocks, has been
found guilty OF running gambling house
and his punishment fixed at 500. The jury
ignored their power 10 punish Shekel un-
der the Habitual Criminal act and give him
a term of imprisonment.
THREE trains were recently in collision
near Butte NJ. T., recently. Much damage
was done, but no one was seriously IN
jured. The triple accident was caused by
the slippery ice incrusting the rails.
AT ST. Louis on the 3Jth Right Rev
Thomas Bonacum was consecrated 10 the
new Roman Catholic See of Lincoln, Neb.
The services were conducted by Arch bishop
Kenrick. At Nashville, Tenn, the same
day Rev. E. Scannell was consecrated
RishoD of Con cordia. Kan.
THE building of the Strobridge Litho-
graphing Company at Cincinnati was
burned on the morning of the 1st. Loss,
S200,000. Insurance unknown.
THE Nationals captured the Cherokee
Legislature on the 3Oth, the Senate for the
first time showing quorum present. The
vote stool six to five.
THE increasing lawlessness reported in
the Indian Territory is attracting atten-
tiOn. AS many as seven murders occurred
within four days recently within an area of
one hundred miles.
CAPTAIN GEORGE A. THOMPSON, of Deer
Creek. MINI, has been indicted for mis-
using funds OF the school district Of which
he was treasurer.
OVER five hundred of the leading Pro-
hibitionsts gathered at Armory u in Chi
cago on the 30th The Han of campaign
was discussed and the Nations al convention
was called 10 meet at Indian lpolis the first
Wednesday of June, 1855
Two Chicago striking printers, recently
arrested for violating the Merritt Conspi-
racy law, were discharged by the court.
THE Iowa Soldiers Home was opened re-
Gently at Marshalltown, Judge John 2.
Rea, OF Minneapolis, Commander-in-Ch Chief
of the G.. A. r., and General j. NJ. futile,
Department Commander of Iowa, partlci-
pating in the dedication.
A SPECIAL from Dodgeville, Wis, says
news of an explosion on the work of the
F. D. q n. road, two miles south of Dodge
VILE had been received. One man and two
horses were killed outright and five men
burned. The laborers were boring out an
uncxploded blast.
A CRAZY Anarchist has been arrested at
Lima, q. He was threatening to do for
Governor Oglesby and wanted President
Cleveland to come off his throne
THE strike OF the Pacific Coast Seamen's
Union was reported causing hard feelings
At San Diego unknown parties threw IA
bomb against boycotted bark, tearing a
hole in her bow.